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{ 410 THE GARDENERS CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE, [мат з, зва 
continual droves of food-consuming beings from | 
the field and — 
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possible ы ы-ы population ? Сап no means 
be found fo accommodate in villages and employ 
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of the surplus people who now com- 
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the akal хн s been starved to a skeleton. 
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almost definite нулей т of убой Юу 
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rate on me ue land and on those "тобен ue 
vine? 'or an answer - must refer to Mr. 
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animals which are still paars to pt at 
wift 
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erform t the best season of [GENES 
the year; that it secures ide speci » ith less Bern mie just before sowing, “Ara io had banaai 
man ent es specially on elays an that, Wheat Lis grown after Clover or Grass. n Pare Pit 
owing to its loosening of the subsoil, the drainage Carlisl 
is more effective, uired 
even on the strongest e - that it nof oniy |1 
effects a inution in the number of 
orses required, but also ena ables those melt 
be kept a 
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farm consists of 
farms were much out of order, MR e E possession of ; 
On Grass, especially newly laid m t Eu he nat 
s as 4 . per acre l.i 
yard manure. 
produce from such manure, but I can Emery н ы рш 
ot crops as need be "4. 
Wetherl Юй, 
our rural population an " relieve the anxiety of 
many a political economis 
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when it was again a fine pasture; was а again eaten down as 20. Мот 
The praetice of the ne sighbourhood i I y ved 
lime largely, others not at all. The effect seems TOT MER 
vember. The effect of the guano was fn all gone that 
too; I have seen two parts of the same field, one limed, the 
other 
падр, for next spring the Grass grew up and continued 
о grow much better than the other paris or "be fold, mA this 
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other MON As nearly as I can esti inte oh tho 12 с top- 
dressed produced as much ЖЕН, in stock the first year аз 20 
acres undressed. jen both years into account, I am sure 
the profit from the application of guano was not less than 20s. 
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ing a trouble- 
some fine Lp sort of Grass, a native of the soil; andon 
the whole ms well worth the cost, which is aboublóra 
ton in the held. 
Asa rule, dung is applied to the root crop, put into the 
the ordinary practice in this quarter, I may s а 
ridges just before sowing. Some of our best farmers, however, 
i or roots, and reserve 
regard to ay 
that E Wm аы yard manure is applied at the time of 
‹ i 5 і n | sowing ёо the Turnip crop. Artificial ер of all sorts аге | trust exclusively to artificial manures for 
with business; and few home-bird farmers yet ce the farmers, chiefiy ue urges crop; à mo | the whole of e dur F tho тз а autumn. | E 
: ; ime many far: em for op, more especially The ordinary application for Turnips is 
remain w not received а 1 s 1 from | Oats when growing upon poor land, or upon langin poor bo With у Б t farm-yard dung. Ra dust mil 
the Maleis е rum (perh not only | condition. Peruvi d are generally considered | some, 5 to 8 ewt. per acre. The use of super MM 
ombined ” a“ finisher түс Fimi ing the best of these manures. Lime is used by many farmers in I increase, but c: — то о ут е Other artiñ- 
а it * t puia quantities, Е: y 10 or 12 bushels per acre, put on t the land | cials are on ny f of course there 
away а лее бы spi -stirring tune, a; it eats | generally after a ген сой; that ів the land is | n. Anm the always excepti 942 
up а big rick in one short day, keeping the seod, Ола Bees e and a 7 de bag tera, о Let ^ will be жэр Т that where it is said Con il | 
“ » A è » e Grass seeds s wn, axrowing nisbed and then ro n | som sik ае те for во many acres, it is meani е: 
feeder and the jackstraws . Warm. The | this way a good sole of бган is commonly produced. Thomas somu is partial in the case Y f dung, because wo can't. 
British nation must earn much of its e | Turnbull, Smithston, Rhyn more; and in the of artificials om corn itis ош 
steam-engine; and to prevent our rustio peopl the worst and poorest laud ; and on seeds to force a 
gath e si b 1 generat у opa my T rst lea land when I sow my Oats eb o ined Soriano. Е nm 
Peruvian a pper Peruvian, equal quanti- 
introduce more coal and hot-water powe our | fes; and I also top-dress my land which has received no | 804800. Н. J. Wilson, Mansfield. 3 
farms. This inference is being largel ated x i оп; | dung with „Фе еа ор, When I sow the corn crop, at 21 -BYSHIRE. | 
P in ? | about the above. I always consider me в oil is light w we бт ot grow much Wheat, 
with extraordin ату, am in ees MEC with well, quem even 2 "the Sí qi better condition for eh ak m on CE : leas, &c s not, manured regularly, 
astounding results. Not thatthe steam plough at| The same course is generally applied in this district, but it t requires help it is торг in spring with 14 cwt. guano, 
once doubles the amount of labour on a previously manures өзгө m so e dep — MM ey a жи begun CAL 6 onm meinte рер 
$ 5 ; more used, as it prevents e Finger-and-toe " Brie and Oats are se ат 
highly wrought farm: that is not the point we crops, s 3 farm on the. four-cou: 
in Turnips. I would prefer i5 һе ^ leger quantity is ys кзы 
I do on that account, but I would spoil it for grai Afte 
tl оо 1 а T superphosphate t to T our yaa шө e Harlow 
I used to apply 2 cwt. best Peruvian guano to top-dress my "T . bone dus 
Wheat, but found it in this moist climate to make too much 
straw. and еталона а "y "m d es now Е пареа 
10. Ба ERWIC канте. 
a. farm under the five-course system, viz. Oats (after two 
ars’ Grass), шош Barley or Oats, et мы 2 seeds 
utt Grass for two Re I do not apply any manure to my i 
corn crops, as I gro qui uite enou; gh of straw "Without ; ТАЙ 
do I give any manure to my Grass, except what is eut for hay, | of € 
P. ха I apply 1 cwt, nitrate = D 1 ewt. sulphate of | thi 
onia, an: f salt. 
by lessening the farmer's outlay in the maintenance 
ü lage-apimals, enables him to exp m ames For my root crops, 85 E. ә ie tho following mix e lai much 
hand-labour—in e perfect cleans d s with the dun above mentio ed :—2 tons Pe e gne стора, бум үс 
: guano; 4tons Bolivian do. ; 7 tons f crops, and to winte! beasts 
pon: 6 erops ; tha ; by proouring greater 320 bushels of bone-dust ; 30 cwt. salt. the same number of s| d 
yi and Pd erops, it provides o oe: I mix as follows, I thoroughly saturate the bones | to - кы store Та B 
more i le-fatteni th liquid manure, and afterwards going over them with, sa cattle, chop straw : 
me : — fatte i and 5 cwt. of sulphuric acid diluted with water, I all mr and ground corn, the cistern lids RA 
0 Stock, Лану 10 | to remain in that state for 14 da n em with the | when the mixture is т — 
winter months, the farmer ano, superphosphate, and salt, and КАР aem of farming succeeds well, w 
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pega g n e nce that the Far ers 
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the winte on when ав | gu 
bees paid off all but his “ regular ” € Ӯ 
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e the gel ego on thi 
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double quantity oora. 
"There. are a few far this aa 22 
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inform has been able to seti the great 
progress TIL made Ee the st — en tine 
and s 3 ао tol pes n 400 and 
ы conste y э pieg н 
steam | ploughing—* an Mine t unparalleled - 
eumstance Хх is history of any new invention, 
consisting e all-but unanimou i stimony of | every 10 ) years t John Nisbet, Е 
em h | Gremio 
pu uie of à apparatus in favour and hi 
Сосо ed Plat af first sight might 
have been a costly and hazardous speculation. 
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steam-power is ost valuable auxiliary to 
ur cg that for he hard work oË n 
eaper ni заоч ions 
‚ het d it себна 28 duira 
e ent ERN Г that it enables the reiner b 
much the same CR ы "очиб , but on 
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tbe root crops, is much the — а € m the ва: па | the hay crop. The comm 
of land. Idónotthink salt is g used in this district tificial manures, the use 
On the c ча land, in the East Se Бае „ there is mere | greater portion ofthe Turni 
guano and Tess superpho D Lime is enerally а applied | As dairyi chess: 
mbleton, | tenant farmers in this nei 
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For the last 20 years ve had no losses fro m the 
use of artifieial manure, "m once I eA Кош а 
firm in. Newcastle-on-T. called dissolved bones for 
firm 
dressing of well rotted уа 
жены со in this — is usually put оп a bar эте Осан, 
ыы fallow, Potatoes, or Turnips. Lime is very little used pie x xp we — 
he use of artificial 
the introduction of guano ; in my opinion much more might be 
